Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg

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empress historical figure monarch ruler of Russia

Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg is better known as Catherine the Great, the long-reigning 18th-century Empress of Russia who expanded and modernized the Russian Empire.

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Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf empress ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
ruler of Russia ⓘ
accessionToThroneMethod coup d'état ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Catherine II

Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Catherine the Great
birthDate 1729-05-02 ⓘ
birthName Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg self-link ⓘ
birthPlace Stettin ⓘ
surface form: Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
child Paul I of Russia ⓘ
convertedTo Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
coronationDate 1762-09-22 ⓘ
correspondedWith Denis Diderot ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1796-11-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
father Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Sophie ⓘ
implementedPolicy legal and administrative reforms in Russia ⓘ
territorial expansion to the Black Sea ⓘ
influencedBy French Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
mother Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ
notableEvent Partitions of Poland ⓘ
Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ
notableFor expansion of the Russian Empire ⓘ
involvement in the Enlightenment ⓘ
modernization of Russia ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ
surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias

Empress of Russia ⓘ
predecessor Peter III of Russia ⓘ
reignEnd 1796 ⓘ
reignStart 1762 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Anhalt-Zerbst ⓘ
spouse Peter III of Russia ⓘ
successor Paul I of Russia ⓘ
title Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine II of Russia → birthName → Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg ⓘ
Yekaterina Alekseyevna → birthName → Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg ⓘ
Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg → birthName → Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg self-link ⓘ
coronation of Catherine II of Russia → coronatedPersonBirthName → Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg ⓘ